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November Moon at Ascending Node

On Wednesday November 19th our Moon will be crossing the plane of the ecliptic moving north. This is known as the ascending node, one of two intersections the Moon’s orbital path (dark green line) has with the ecliptic.

Note the ecliptic is the line with ‘Oct’ however that is a reference to when the Sun will be at that point along the ecliptic and not the date for this node crossing.

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Look for the 26-day old waning crescent Moon to rise a few hours before sunrise near the bright bluish-white star Spica.

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Click here to go to the Qué tal in the Current Skies web site for more observing information for this month.